Waleed Mohammad Mahmoud, PMP, ITIL, Scrum, Six Sigma, ISO, MCITP, Sr. Project Manager - Scrum Master

Waleed Mohammad Mahmoud, PMP, ITIL, Scrum, Six Sigma, ISO, MCITP

Sr. Project Manager - Scrum Master

IT Systems Corporation.

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
Experience
23 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 10 Months

Sr. Project Manager - Scrum Master at IT Systems Corporation.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2016

Accountable for managing and coordinating resources and processes to deliver
business value to clients on ERP and Web application implementations.

Duties:

 Manage the project constraints of scope, time, budget, quality, risk, and
resources.
 Work together with the Product Owner to plan and execute projects,
ensure that teams have appropriate product and technical specifications,
direction, and resources to deliver products effectively by establishing
realistic estimates for timelines while ensuring that projects remain on
target to meet deadlines.
 Prepare for the project by performing business analysis, solution
identification, and project planning.
 Work closely with business analyst for elicit requirements from stakeholders.
 Prepare project communication, risk management and quality
management plans.
 Work closely with the Product Owner, Sales, and Business Analysts, for
understanding the system’s functional and non-functional requirements.
 Demonstrate leadership abilities to our clients with the deployment of
software upgrades, enhancements and fixes that are coordinated based
on release schedules.
 Prepare and lead release, sprint planning, sprint review meetings and sprint
retrospect meetings.
 Facilitate daily stand-up meetings.
 Monitor and track projects.
 Provide status reports to the executive sponsor or other stakeholders as
required.
 Making sure that all the aims of the project and the quality standard met.
 Scrum Master.
 Monitor individual employees’ performance.
 Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team
members to their optimum performance levels and career development.

Tools & Knowledge:

 Microsoft Project 2013 I Jira I Bitbucket.
 ASAP (Accelerated SAP) I Agile (Scrum) I Iterative I SDLC.

Sr. Project Manager - Scrum Master I PMO at Sahm Group Inc.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2014 to December 2015

Accountable for managing and coordinating resources and processes to
deliver software releases of the company products, while participating in
defining the strategy for the product development team by driving
initiatives that deliver on the company vision.

Duties:

 Making sure that all the aims of the project and the quality standard met.
 Work closely with the Product Owner, Sales, and Business Analysts, for
understanding the system’s functional and non-functional requirements.
 Collaborate with the Product Management in defining the Product Vision.
 Demonstrate leadership abilities to our clients with the deployment of
software upgrades, enhancements and fixes that are coordinated based
on release schedules.
 Provide a software development plan that meets the future needs of our
clients and markets, based on the state-of-the-art technologies.
 Evolve the existing software system applications and architecture in various
areas as needed.
 Scrum Master.
 Coordinate release, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective.
 Conduct daily scrum meetings.
 Monitor individual employees’ performance.

Tools & Knowledge:

 Microsoft Project 2010/2013 I Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2012.
 Agile (Scrum) I Iterative I SDLC

IT Project Manager (Full Time) at National Group Company "Maarouf&Co."
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2009 to December 2013

Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.

Duties:

• Managing and controlling the triple constraints.
• Setting budgets and agreeing project time scales and deadlines with clients. Single point of contact for all communications between the customer and Company.
• Managing staff to ensure that all milestones are achieved within the agreed timeframes.
• Identifying, analyzing, measuring and managing project risks.
• Leading and managing a project team in auditing and implementing improvements to all the IT software and procedures from the front end to network security.
• Makes sure that project documents are complete, current and stored appropriately.
• Acting as a Scrum Master (Software Projects).
• Coordinate release, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective.
• Conduct daily scrum meetings.

Tools & Knowledge:

• Microsoft Project 2010
• Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2012
• Agile (Scrum)
• Iterative
• Waterfall
• SDLC

IT Consultant (Part Time) at Egyptian Chiefs Association
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2004 to April 2009

• Involved in designing new solutions for the company to improve the performance of work.
• System and Network Administrator.

IT Purchasing Manager (Full Time) at National Group Company "Maarouf&Co."
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2006 to April 2009

Responsible for organizing and maintaining a central facility for the purchase of all Hardware, Software, services and contracts on a best price / best quality basis.
Also ensuring the smooth supply on Products, Service and solutions that would prepare to resale.

Duties:
• Researching for new suppliers and following market trends.
• Liaising with suppliers and review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
• Managing, developing & improving the purchasing team.
• Benchmarking performance of the Supply Chain.
• Studying sales records and inventory levels and managing budgets.
• Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future product availability.
• Projecting stock levels, reviewing tenders and following up with suppliers.
• Concerning delivery times and managing budgets.

Retail Sales Manager (Full Time) at National Group Company "Maarouf&Co."
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2002 to April 2006

Setup and manage about 13 branches within 4 years.

Duties:
• Managing and motivating a team to increase sales and ensure efficiency.
• Managing stock levels and making key decisions about stock control.
• Managing and motivating a team to increase sales and ensure efficiency
• Managing stock levels and making key decisions about stock control.
• Analysing sales figures and forecasting future sales volumes to maximize profits.
• Enforce sound merchandising and loss control strategies; execute corporate programs, promotions and policies; and drive optimal customer satisfaction, associate productivity and P&L results.
• Organizing special promotions, displays and events.
• Responding to customer complaints and comments.

Technical Sales Engineer (Full Time) at National Group Company "Maarouf&Co."
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2000 to March 2002

• Searching for new clients who might benefit from company products or services and maximizing client potential in designated regions.
• Developing long-term relationships with clients through managing and interpreting their requirements.
• Persuading clients that a product or service best satisfies their needs in terms of quality, price and delivery.
• Negotiating tender and contract terms and conditions to meet both client and company needs.
• Providing pre-sales technical assistance and product education, and after- sales support services.
• Making technical presentations and demonstrating how a product meets client needs.
• Providing training and producing support material for other members of the sales team.

Sales Engineer (Full Time) at United Company, Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2000 to October 2000

Technical Sales, responsible for sale computer hardware, software,
And give after sale support to the clients.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Cairo University
  • June 1999

Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration, Sep1995-June1999 Cairo University, Egypt Accounting Department Degree: Good

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Sales Targets
IT Service Management
ASSOCIATE
BUDGETS
CLIENTS
FORECASTING
FUTURE SALES
INCREASE
INCREASE SALES
SOLUTIONS
Integration
Team Leadership
Problem Solving
Negotiation
Conflict management
Communication
Project Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate

Memberships

Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Registerd
  • April 2012

Training and Certifications

Six Sigma Yellow Belt (SSYB) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2015
Information Security Foundation based on ISO/IEC 27002 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2015
SFC (Scrum Fundamentals Certified) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2014
Six Sigma White Belt (SSWB) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2015
Microsoft® Certified Solutions Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2012
Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE 2003) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2008
Network+ (N+) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2004
IT Service Management Foundation according to ISO/IEC 20000 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2011
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP 2008) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2012
Valid Until:
July 2018
ITIL® v.3 Foundation (IT Infrastructure Library) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2011
International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2006
Microsoft Certified System Administration (MCSA 2003) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2007

Hobbies

  • Ping-Pong
  • Travelling